Go to the Article: Tips & Tricks: Control Flare-Ups for Better Grilled Meats
This is awesome!!
Just don't spray beer in your mouth too often - or you will end up like me.
Simple. Obvious. And, of course, I never thought of it. Thx, now I'm online shopping for the ultimate spray bottle.
Oh, and you'd better not quit CS and start a burger joint. Start a burger joint out of CS office, instead.
I heard that if you have a ceramic grill water or moisture could damage your grill, then you should use ashes to kill the flames. So you should save ashes from previous barbecues...
How do avoid ash from flying up and coating the bottom of your food? Last time I tried this technique I ended up with a gritty burger.
Back in the 50's & 60's we used a squirt bottle AND we had steel window screen that we put on top of the coals. Grease would drip onto the screen and give off smoke - flair up were mostly confined underneath the screen. Obviously you would not use fiberglass or even aluminum screen. There are some online sources for galvanized steel screen or stainless steel screen.
I suppose nobody will be surprised that, being German, I never learned it any other way.
Few things don't benefit from a little more beer.
show us how to make those awesome looking burgers!
When I was growing up in the 60's, my dad always used a kid's "space ray gun" squirt gun from the toy aisle for flare ups. I always thought it looked so cool, and the concentrated stream can be directed right to the source of the flare up and doesn't spray water all over your food. I've been using one for the last 30 years and thought everyone did this (though I never though of using beer).
Hey Stephen: It's all in here: https://www.chefsteps.com/classes/burgers/landing#/
Everything ok over there? You guys haven't posted anything in weeks...
In the 50's through the 70's we used a squirt bottle sometimes. The most effective solution we found though was a piece of STEEL window screen laid on top of the coals. Any flaring stayed below the screen and only smoke found its way to whatever was on the grill. Steel window screen is virtually impossible to find these days. Aluminum cannot handle the heat. There are some sources of stainless steel screening that might work.
NEVER USE GALVANIZED STEEL IN COOKING....IT'LL KILL YOU!
